Hip fracture risk profiles in older indigenous Australians

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 159-160

  Lai, Michelle M Y ^a   Waldron, Nicholas G ^b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Armadale Kelmscott Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LETTER; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POLYPHARMACY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79961144223     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03256.x     Document Type: Letter

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